Oil and Gas Investor Magazine - October 2006 October 1, 2006 Feature ABOVE RANGE Brian A. Toal BETTING ON THE CURVE Taryn Maxwell MARFA BASIN Peggy Williams NORTH SEA DREAMS Leslie Haines PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS James T. Thompson SERVICE-SIDE IPOs Brian A. Toal THE CAPITAL PUSH Bertie Taylor Headlines Allis-Chalmers Acquires Petro Rentals Allis-Chalmers To Acquire Oil & Gas Rental Service's Assets Barclays Capital Invests In NGP Energy Capital Management BlackWatch Acquires Elite Oilfield Rentals California Utility Acquires Barnett Shale Assets Chesapeake Acquires Assets In Texas And Oklahoma Chesapeake Takes Over Dale Resources' Barnett Shale Operations Citic To Acquire Kazak Assets From Nations Energy Complete Acquires Eight Oilfield Service Providers Crew Energy To Acquire Private Alberta Producer Dune To Acquire 95% Of Voyager's Barnett Shale Assets El Paso E&P Names Smolik President Energy Partners Cancels Acquisition Of Stone Exco Closes Acquisition Of Winchester Grant Prideco Acquires Anderson Group Jed Oil Plans To Sell East Ferrier Assets Merrill Lynch To Acquire Petrie Parkman National Oilwell Varco Plans To Acquire NQL Energy Noble Corp. Names Mitchell Senior VP And CFO Occidental Acquires California And West Texas Assets From Plains Pengrowth Acquires Esprit Energy Queensland Rejects Santos' Bid Santos To Acquire Queensland Gas Shell Plans To Acquire Remaining Interest In Shell Canada Swift Plans To Acquire Louisiana Assets From BP Talisman Energy Names Dolan CFO Talisman Plans To Acquire North Sea Assets Unit Closes Acquisition Of Brighton Energy Companies in This Issue Companies in This Issue Company Briefs Additional news CGG to acquire Veritas DGC Chesapeake to take stake in Chaparral CNR offers US$4.1B for Anadarko Canada Crescent buys position in Canadian Bakken EPL rejects Woodside bid; offer for Stone remains ERT wins deepwater assets; to produce using floating unit M&A news Riata Energy to take in NEG for $1.5B Completions Strange-Mance Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor E&P Momentum Volatile Venezuela Peggy Williams Editors Comment $50 Billion Of Cash Flow Was Chasing $15 Billion Of Assets For Sale In 2005 Leslie Haines $50 billion Of Cash Flow Was Chasing $15 billion Of Assets For Sale In 2005 Leslie Haines Betting On The Curve Taryn Maxwell Buysiders Hunt For Growth, Value Stories At Denver Conference Brian A. Toal Capital Finding Home With Small Producers, Early-Stage Ventures Bertie Taylor Chevron's Jack #2 May Point To Up To 15 Billion BOE Bertie Taylor Giusti: Policies Affecting Development Of Fertile Latin American Stephen Payne Integrateds Push For More Upside In Second Quarter Bertie Taylor Marfa Basin Peggy Williams Medicine Bow's Solich Trying Hand At Private-Equity Placement Taryn Maxwell Message To OPEC: A Little More Clarity Please, Analyst Says Brian A. Toal North Sea Dreams Leslie Haines Patience, Patience Leslie Haines Robertson: Lower Tertiary, MLPs Hot Topics Now; Rockies Gas Is Not Hot Nissa Darbonne Sayer: Canadian Producers Seek Fewer Dollars In First Half Stephen Payne Service-Side IPOs Brian A. Toal Strange-Mance Nissa Darbonne The Capital Push Bertie Taylor Upstream Spending Soars Brian A. Toal Walker: Irrational Exuberance May Be Afflicting E&P Capital Decision-Makers Nissa Darbonne Exploration Highlights Eastern U.S. Gulf Coast International Highlights Peggy Williams Midcontinent and Permian Basin Western U.S. From the Editor-in-Chief PATIENCE, PATIENCE Leslie Haines New Financings New Financings NewsWell $50 billion of cash flow was chasing $15 billion of assets in 2005 Leslie Haines Acquisitions boost second-quarter production figures Bertie Taylor Buysiders hunt for growth, value stories at Denver conference Brian A. Toal Capital finding home with small producers, early-stage ventures Bertie Taylor Chevron's Jack #2 may point to up to 15 billion BOE Bertie Taylor Integrateds push for more upside in second quarter Nissa Darbonne Irrational exuberance may be afflicting E&P capital decision-makers Nissa Darbonne Lower Tertiary, MLPs hot topics now; Rockies gas is not hot Nissa Darbonne Message to OPEC: A little more clarity please, analyst says Brian A. Toal Oil-service sector has boisterous earnings improvement in 2Q Bertie Taylor Petrobras to deploy first FPSO vessel in Gulf of Mexico Leslie Haines Policies affecting development of fertile Latin America Trust consolidation pushes Canadian M&A deal-making needle Stephen Payne On the Money Upstream Spending Soars Brian A. Toal Trends & Analysis Canadian Results Peggy Williams
